DuckTales!

Bought: $4.50 Sold: $33.33 Fees: $4.68 Profit: $24.15

I walked into VV a few weeks ago and saw someone at the cash with this amazing DuckTales comforter in their cart. I was so sad, and was kicking myself for not getting there 5 minutes earlier. I did my round of the store and when I got to the bedding section, it was hanging up! I don't know if there was two, or she decided at the last minute not to buy it or what, but I quickly grabbed it up. Even more shocking was the price - only $4! I excitedly showed it to Robin who had no idea what DuckTales was, which broke my heart a little bit. I guess it's a bit before her time, but I grew up watching this show. 

I had a lot of interest in this, with a lot of offers, but the big issue was shipping. Let me tell you, shipping a comforter is not easy. It is just so big! I even bought a vacuum sealing bag for linen from the dollar store, but even with all the air out of it it was still really big. It fit into a wine box, so it was large and heavy. Shipping to the states was $30. A lot of Americans were asking me to take less on shipping, which I would if that wasn't the actual cost. I send all my items by actual cost - I input the weight and size (which I can do because I box everything when I post it) and eBay charges the buyer the actual price based on their location - but I can see how Americans who have significantly cheaper postage might think I was trying to make some money on shipping. Thankfully it sold for the full asking price, and to Manitoba where shipping was only $15.

The buyer was a brand new user, account created today, which always raises some red flags, but I have faith that I won't get scammed. Everyone has to start somewhere, and I like to think of it as my store having such cool and unique items that it was what made this person decide they finally needed an eBay account because they just needed this item that badly. We will see if I'm wrong, but I've had a number of new buyers buy items and so far had no problems.